Monday July 3:

The course starts in the morning and will be concluded in the afternoon.

Patronage is pending

Lectures and hands-on sessions

Arthroplasty of the hand comprises many different joints and techniques and is still evolving. In this course on monday instructional lectures are followed by cadaver lab sessions. Demonstrated surgical techniques can be put into practice on fresh cadavers while being supervised by experienced hand surgeons. Novel techniques using state of the art surgical equipment and implants can be experienced. The topic this year includes treatment of degenerative finger joints and degenerative radio-carpal/mid-carpal joints.

Topics

  • Treatment of degenerative finger joints
  • Degenerative radio-carpal/mid-carpal joints

For this course accreditation is requested by the Netherlands Orthopeadic Association (NOV), the Netherlands Society of Plastic Surgery (NVPC) and the Association of Surgeons of the Netherlands (NVvH).